Two decadally resolved records from north-west European peat bogs show rapid climate changes associated with solar variability during the mid-late Holocene

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 745-763

  Mauquoy, Dmitri ^a   Yeloff, Dan ^b   Van Geel, Bas ^b   Charman, Dan J ^c   Blundell, Antony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

14C wiggle match dating; Climate change; Holocene; Solar forcing; Sphagnum mires

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; MIRE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAISED BOG; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WATER TABLE;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 52649141526     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1158     Document Type: Article

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